manton
manton

I feel like MKBHD is trolling us now with the clickbait video titles. R1 review is overall pretty fair, doesn’t change my expectations much.

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pratik
pratik

@manton When a measure (clicks) becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.

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jason@social.lol
jason@social.lol

@manton It comes tomorrow! 😃

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manton
manton

@jason Enjoy! All the early adopters like you can get the bugs worked out before my pre-order finally arrives in a few months. 🙂

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jeff@indieweb.social
jeff@indieweb.social

@manton My only complaint is that he missed the opportunity to entitle the review “Not The Worst Product I’ve Ever Reviewed…”

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jarrod
jarrod

@manton @pratik I liked a definition for "clickbait" that I heard recently which distinguished it as when the title is incongruous with the content. If the content backs up the title's claim, it's not clickbait — just attention-grabbing. (I haven't watched this video, so I can't comment which it is yet! 😛)

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manton
manton

@jeff That would’ve been great. 🤣

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alpower
alpower

@manton indeed. Given a reasonable amount of the complaints were down to software (i.e. not using the touchscreen in ways it maybe should) and accuracy, a lot can be done to fix bugs in software! Makes one glad we work in such a malleable discipline.

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Transportist@mastodon.social
Transportist@mastodon.social

@manton Watching the review now and it is not at all obvious why this is not just a smartphone app. (Given everyone has a phone).

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BrokenFlows@mastodon.social
BrokenFlows@mastodon.social

@manton I recently watched a Dave 2D video where Dave said he didn’t think it was quite reviewable, so I’d take this as another honest title.

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paulrobertlloyd
paulrobertlloyd

@alpower @manton I feel embarrassed to have even a tangential association with the technology industry. Shipping half finished products is just the latest of many troubling – if not unethical – behaviours that shames us all. (I watched the video, and the title isn’t clickbait, by any definition.)

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alpower
alpower

@paulrobertlloyd I concur - it does seem that the tech industry increasingly often uses their v1 products for user testing in public, instead of holding back releases to a point where things are usable.

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pratik
pratik

@jarrod I haven’t either but MKBDH could’ve titled it R1 Review and got anyone who was waiting for it to see it. If we’re talking about the title, it’s clickbait @manton

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manton
manton

@paulrobertlloyd I watched the video before I posted too, and I still think it’s clickbait. The title makes it sound like an unusable product, but the reality is he think it’s incomplete. For that matter, Siri was also incomplete for years and Apple shipped it.

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vladcampos
vladcampos

@jeff That would be a great title. Especially because the co-founder said he doesn't think Marques will call it the worst product he ever reviewed.

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johninfante@mastodon.world
johninfante@mastodon.world

@jarrod @manton He delivers on the title. He's using this review as a larger commentary on how these AI appliances are being sold in an unfinished state with a lot of promises they cannot deliver on now, but insist they will be able to at some point in the future. There's really nothing to say about these products except they aren't ready yet.

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manton
manton

@johninfante @jarrod I've watched a lot of videos about the R1, and from what I can tell, it was ready to ship. They probably over-promised in the January keynote, though.

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jarrod
jarrod

@manton Can’t wait for you to get yours!

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mcg@social.lol
mcg@social.lol

@manton Having watched his review my biggest impression is the R1 should be a phone app, not a device. As a independent device it doesn’t make any sense.

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